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Cinquantenaire Park

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I had this shot in my mind for a long time... But the time has to be right. Only about 4 weeks in a year the sun will rise behind the arch and be of the correct height too show through it. These 2 weeks in Autumn are now past, it will happen again somewhere in March again.

 

Taken during morning rush-hour and everyone wants to get into Brussels and not out, that's why only white lights, actually the traffic wasn't moving very fast, at a steady pace of 10km/h. When I arrived there I thought sh*t no streaks possible, but it turned out nice, the advantage is no cars are moving lanes and thus four nice even streaks of white.

 

Noted on the Arch:

"Dit monument is in 1905 opgericht ter verheerlijking van Belgie's onafhankelijkheid."

translates to:

This monument was founded in 1905 in honor of the Belgium's independence.

 

In the full version this is clearly readable, I love my D800!

 

Location:

Cinquantenaire Park (Jubelpark), Brussels, Belgium

50°50'29.47" N 4°23'16.47" E

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Technical stuff:

HDR offcourse :) 9 shots to get the complete range of light. Merged in photomatix, selective deghosting and selected the light trails out of the longest exposure. Tonemapped in Oloneo. In Photoshop removed a nasty flare at the top of the arch. In Lightroom opened up the shadows to get some exposure back in the trees.

 

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Uploaded on October 28, 2012
Taken on October 26, 2012